UK tabloid TV host Jeremy Kyle was forced to step in and tell his audience to stop laughing as a male domestic violence victim recalled jumping from a balcony to escape his violent partner.

British man Geoff appeared on morning chat show The Jeremy Kyle Show to confront his abusive ex-girlfriend, Danni, who he has two children with as part of a segment called “You’re a violent cheat but I hope your baby’s mine”.

Detailing his violent history with Danni, Geoff reveals he was once forced to leap from a third-storey balcony after she locked him inside her flat following a row.

“I’ve had to jump off a three-storey balcony I cut all my arm and back open – I ended up in hospital,” he tells Kyle, as the audience bursts out laughing.

“Y’know… because she won’t let me out of the house.”

The last comment sent the audience into hysterics, until Kyle weighed in.

“It’s not funny, you know? Can I tell you why it’s not funny? If this was the other way around and a woman was sat here and a bloke had locked her in a flat and she had jumped out and injured herself – you lot would not be laughing,” he said.